Friday declared ‘Russell Wilson Day’ at Collegiate School

Citizen Staff Reports 01/07/13

Collegiate School will celebrate alum Russell Wilson’s NFL playoff win this Friday, Jan. 11, by hosting Russell Wilson Day and inviting students to wear Seattle Seahawks or Collegiate spirit wear to school. Students and staff members also will enjoy a cake decorated with a congratulatory message to Wilson, who quarterbacked the Seattle Seahawks to a 24-14 win against the Washington Redskins in the NFL divisional playoffs Sunday at FedEx Field in Maryland.

Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods is donating 50 cakes to Collegiate to celebrate the accomplishments of Wilson and his team.

Wilson is a 2007 graduate of Collegiate who starred at North Carolina State and Wisconsin collegiately before winning Seattle's starting job as a rookie this year.

The fire broke out in the third floor of the Chase Gayton apartment complex in the 10 block of Chase Gayton Drive, near the intersection of Gaskins Road and Quioccasin Road, at about 1:20 p.m. Sept. 24. > Read more.

Crime stoppers needs your help to solve a double homicide that occurred in the City of Richmond in June of this year.

On Wednesday, June 7, at approximately 9:53 p.m., Richmond police officers responded to several calls for random gunfire in the 3600 block of Decatur Street. They arrived and found the victims, two males, Christian Singleton and Ketron Wells. The victims were outside on the ground lying near each other. Both victims had received fatal gunshot wounds. > Read more.

The Richmond Astronomical Society and Libbie Mill Library will host a presentation about the night sky and its astronomy Sept. 28, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Attendees will enjoy amazing views of the moon and other celestial objects with high-quality telescopes operated by members of the Richmond Astronomical Society. Guests will be able to see craters and seas on the surface of the moon with clarity and detail. > Read more.

The number of homes sold in Henrico County in August rose 10 percent when compared to the same month last year, according to data compiled by Long & Foster. The average sale price of those homes – $239,975 – also rose, by about 4 percent when compared to the same average sale price in August 2016.

Henrico's jump in the number of homes sold was the largest in the Richmond region, though average sales prices in Chesterfield (8 percent increase) and Richmond (12 percent) jumped by higher amounts when compared to last August sales. > Read more.

Graham M. Bundy, a thoracic surgeon with HCA Virginia Physicians’ Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, is the first such surgeon in Central Virginia to perform 100 minimally-invasive Da Vinci robot-assisted lobectomies (a surgical procedure to remove a lobe of the lung). The procedure is used to treat multiple types of conditions but is most often used to treat lung cancer. > Read more.

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The READ Center will hold a Volunteer Orientation from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 2 and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 4. The Center's mission is to help adults with low-level literacy develop reading and communication skills so they can fulfill their roles as citizens, workers and family members, and improve their quality of life. The Center provides classes and one-to-one tutoring and there is an ongoing need for volunteers willing to tutor students in reading, writing, basic math and digital skills. Training is provided, no experience needed. The READ Center is located at 4915 Radford Ave., Suite 204. To register, contact Dawniece Trumbo at 288-9930 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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